December 23, 20204 yr Author The Portuguese Super Cup between Porto and Benfica will be shown live on the BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the Red Button on Wednesday. The fixture, delayed from the summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, kicks off at 20:45 GMT.
January 18, 20214 yr Author Matchroom, the Professional Darts Corporation, and World Snooker Tour are delighted to announce a momentous new deal with ITV. Matchroom, the PDC, and WST have signed a new multi-year deal with ITV seeing some of sports flagship events remain on free-to-air television in the UK. ITV’s partnership with Matchroom Group, (Multi Sport, PDC, and WST) is a pillar stone in sport and it will see some of sports’ most elite events remain exclusively on ITV4. Snooker’s Champion of Champions promoted by Matchroom Multi Sport join World Snooker Tour events like the Players Championship, World Grand Prix, and Tour Championship as part of the bumper deal. The Professional Darts Corporation has had a long-standing partnership with ITV and it will see the broadcaster continue to cover The Masters, UK Open, European Championship, the World Series of Darts, as well as the Players Championship Finals. Viewing figures have proven to be some of the highest ITV4 have had across the events with the 2019 Champion of Champions seeing nearly 1 million people tune in to see Neil Robertson beat Judd Trump in what’s viewed as one of the all-time great snooker contests.
February 3, 20214 yr Channel 4 will be showing the India v England Test series starting on Friday (at 4am).
February 3, 20214 yr Author First time since The Ashes 2005 that a England Test match will be in terrestrial TV.
February 3, 20214 yr First time since The Ashes 2005 that a England Test match will be in terrestrial TV. And, I believe, the first time ever for an away Test series.
February 20, 20214 yr Author The new Formula E season will be streamed across the BBC, beginning with the Diriyah E-Prix on 26 February. The all-electric racing series sees 12 teams compete in a season which takes in races across several continents. This is the third season to be shown across BBC TV and online services, including Red Button, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
February 23, 20214 yr Author According to Wales Online and The Daily Telegraph, Amazon have entered the bidding to obtain the 6 Nations TV Rights. Apparently, they would like a hybrid TV deal where they show all of the games, but some may go exclusively behind a paywall and others may end up being simulcast alongside a FTA broadcaster. The tender process for the deal which also includes the Autumn Internationals has reopened after being put on hold last year due to COVID-19.
March 9, 20214 yr Author Channel 4 is close to agreeing a deal for the rights to highlights of the British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa, according to the Daily Telegraph. The deal would mean that Channel 4 will compile and broadcast a highlights package from each match on the tour, with Sky continuing to air the live games. If the broadcaster is successful in gaining the rights, it will be the first time since 1993 that the Lions rugby union team has been on free-to-air TV in the UK. ITV aired the tour of New Zealand that year, with Sky Sports holding all rights to Lions tours since 1997.
March 22, 20214 yr The BBC and Sky have signed a deal to share coverage of the Women's Super League football. Most of the BBC's games will be shown on BBC1.
May 10, 20214 yr Author Round five of the 2021 MotoGP season will be broadcast live on free-to-air television for the first time in the UK since 2013 with ITV4. Free-to-air television broadcaster ITV will show round five of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship live this weekend with the French GP at Le Mans.
May 12, 20214 yr Author The British and Irish Lions' warm-up Test against Japan will be shown on Channel 4 as live coverage of the team returns to terrestrial television for the first time since 1993. As well as the match at Murrayfield on 26 June, Channel 4 will also show highlights of all three Tests against world champions South Africa.
May 12, 20214 yr Author Every Wanda Diamond League event will be shown live on the BBC until 2024. The BBC's four-year-deal begins with coverage from Gateshead on Sunday, 23 May on BBC Two - the first of 14 meetings in the 2021 series. The Diamond League offers the chance to see leading British athletes compete against the world's best track and field stars. All meets will be available live on either BBC TV or BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio and BBC Red Button.
May 13, 20214 yr Author The Premier League has agreed to roll over its existing television deal with broadcasters for a further three years. The new deal with Sky Sports, BT Sport, Amazon Prime Video and BBC Sport will run from 2022 to 2025. The current £4.7bn deal, agreed in 2018, represented a 10% drop in value. The Government has approved the deal "in principle" with an "exclusion order" under the competition act, which allows the league to renew without its normal tender process. "In light of the damaging impact of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the English football pyramid, the Premier League was able to demonstrate to Government exceptional and compelling reasons for the Exclusion Order," the league said. Clubs had been concerned that there could be another fall in value if the usual open-market auction started as planned next month. The value of rights for domestic leagues in Europe also appears to have peaked.
May 14, 20214 yr Ooh that's interesting! Probably won't get the chance to watch it but would be nice to switch the telly on to that if I do.
May 21, 20214 yr Author The Six Nations is set to stay on free-to-air TV after organisers reached an agreement in principle with the BBC and ITV to continue sharing coverage of the men's and women's tournaments. The four-year deal will run from 2022 to the end of the 2025 edition of the tournament, which has been free-to-air since 2003. The BBC will broadcast all Scotland and Wales home Six Nations matches and the women's tournament. ITV will show all England, Ireland, Italy and France home games. There will also be coverage of the men's under-20s championship on the BBC. "For the millions of Six Nations fans across the UK, the championships remaining free-to-air is wonderful news," BBC director of sport Barbara Slater said. "We look forward to delivering live action from both the men's and women's as well as the men's under-20s championships to the widest possible audience over the next four seasons."
June 17, 20214 yr Author Wales' three summer internationals in July will be shown live on BBC Wales and S4C. Wayne Pivac's side face Canada on 3 July before playing Argentina in two Tests in Cardiff on consecutive weekends. BBC Two Wales will show the match against Canada with S4C televising the games against the Pumas on 10 and 17 July.
July 9, 20214 yr Author The BBC has extended its contract to broadcast Wimbledon for an additional three years, taking its partnership with the All England Club through to 2027. The agreement means the Grand Slam remains free to air across BBC television, online and radio.
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